The 2023 Spring Festival travel season opens today and the migration of over 2 billion people returns again

　　Chinanews.com, January 7th (China News Finance Zhang Nigecheng) Starting today, the 40-day 2023 Spring Festival travel season will officially open, and passengers can start grabbing train tickets on New Year's Eve from today.

As the first Spring Festival travel after the "Class B and B management", officials predict that the total passenger flow during this year's Spring Festival will exceed 2 billion.

"One ticket is hard to find" for some train tickets for returning home routes.

Data map: Photo by Zhao Jiangwei at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station

In 2023, more than 2 billion trips will be made during the Spring Festival travel, and travel will resume to 70% of the same period in 2019

　　This year's Spring Festival Transport starts on January 7 and ends on February 15, a total of 40 days.

After the adjustment of the epidemic prevention policy, the passenger flow during the Spring Festival this year has rebounded significantly.

　　Xu Chengguang, deputy head of the Spring Festival travel team and vice minister of the Ministry of Transport, introduced at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on the 6th that preliminary analysis and judgment show that

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　　From the perspective of passenger flow composition, it is estimated that visits to relatives will account for about 55% of the passenger flow during the Spring Festival, migrant workers will account for about 24%, and tourism and business travel will account for about 10% respectively.

　　In addition, according to Xu Chengguang, compared with previous years, this year's Spring Festival travel peak has a superimposition of the epidemic peak, which is the Spring Festival travel with the most uncertainty, the most complicated situation, and the greatest challenges in recent years.

　　On the whole, it has the characteristics of "three majors and one more": first, the passenger flow has increased significantly;

Screenshot from 12306 official website

"One ticket is hard to find" returns to hometown train tickets, some popular lines are almost sold out

　　According to the arrangement that train tickets are released 15 days in advance, passengers can start buying train tickets for January 21 (New Year’s Eve) from January 7, and can start buying train tickets for the return journey on January 26 (the fifth day of the first month) from January 12. ticket.

　　As the first Spring Festival ushered in after the "Class B and B Management", "going home for the New Year" has become the biggest wish of many people this Spring Festival, and the train ticket for returning home has also encountered the phenomenon of "hard to get a ticket".

　　On the afternoon of January 6, Zhongxin Finance checked the 12306 website and found that many train tickets for popular lines had been sold out.

For example, on January 20 (the 29th of the twelfth lunar month), there were only a very small number of high-speed rail/high-speed train tickets left from Beijing to Zhengzhou, and business seats and first-class seats were also sold out. It is also almost sold out; there are not many remaining high-speed rail/high-speed train tickets from Beijing to Wuhan.

　　Talking about the pre-sale of train tickets for the Spring Festival Transport in 2023, Huang Xin, Director of the Passenger Transport Department of the National Railway Group, introduced on the 6th that judging from the current ticket sales situation, the travel demand of passengers in all aspects has increased significantly, and the passenger flow of railways has also shown a gradual recovery. situation.

　　In terms of transport capacity guarantee, before the Spring Festival, a maximum of 6,077 pairs of passenger trains can be operated on peak days across the country, with a passenger seat capacity of 9.04 million people; after the Spring Festival, a maximum of 6,107 pairs of passenger trains can be arranged on a peak day, with a passenger seat capacity of 914 The maximum passenger capacity is 11% higher than that of the 2019 Spring Festival travel season, which can better meet the travel needs of passengers during the Spring Festival travel season.

Data map: During the New Year's Day holiday, tourists enjoy their holiday time on the beach of Houhai, Sanya.

Photo by Wang Xiaobin

Prices of Beijing-Sanya and other popular routes are rising 

　　It's not just train tickets that are on fire.

　　According to the Civil Aviation Administration of China, during the Spring Festival travel season, the national civil aviation will arrange an average of 11,000 passenger flights per day, which is about 73% of the 2019 Spring Festival travel season.

According to the current situation of passenger bookings during the Spring Festival travel season, the

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　　From the perspective of booking volume,

and other routes are in the forefront.

　　In addition, the price of air tickets is also rising. The reporter checked on the booking platform on the 6th and found that the price of a one-way air ticket from Beijing to Sanya on the eve of New Year’s Eve has exceeded 3,000 yuan.

　　The Civil Aviation Administration stated that it will support overtime on domestic routes during the Spring Festival travel season, and encourage airlines to deploy capacity more flexibly to meet the travel needs of passengers in hot spots and routes during the Spring Festival travel season, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other cities to Sanya, Haikou, Chengdu, Chongqing and other popular routes .

Data map courtesy of the Railway Public Security Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security

Be alert to the risk of infection during travel!

Encourage the elderly with underlying diseases to travel as little as possible

　　The epidemic is not over yet, and facing a large number of people moving, the epidemic prevention measures for this year's Spring Festival travel are also attracting attention.

　　Earlier, the railway department has made it clear that it advocates passengers to travel at off-peak times, reduce personnel gathering, strengthen the organization of passenger flow at stations, actively promote non-contact services, guide passengers to enter stations and wait in an orderly manner, and maintain a safe distance.

Ventilation and disinfection will be strengthened in key places such as toilets, sinks, elevator handrails, and seats to maintain a good environment in stations and trains; travel health promotion reminders will be strengthened, and passengers will be guided to wear masks throughout the journey to strengthen their own health protection.

　　The Civil Aviation Administration also made it clear that it is necessary to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control, continue to guide passenger flow, reduce passenger gatherings, provide passengers with non-contact services as much as possible, and do a good job of health testing for front-line employees, and clean, disinfect and ventilate key places to reduce the number of passengers. Passengers are at risk of infection, allowing passengers to travel with peace of mind.

　　Xu Chengguang said that considering that the current epidemic is not over and some places are still at the peak of the epidemic, although everyone has a strong desire to return to their hometowns for the New Year and visit relatives and friends, it is recommended that everyone make reasonable travel plans based on the actual situation of themselves and their family members ,

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　　"For friends who choose to take public transportation to return to their hometown for the New Year, they must strengthen their own protection, wear masks throughout the journey, pay attention to personal hygiene, and

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